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The U.S. Forest Service Thursday said 53 structures including 24 residences were destroyed by the Powerhouse wildfire near Palmdale in northern Los Angeles County. (Photo: A Lake Hughes home on Newview Road is one of several homes that have been destroyed by the Powerhouse Fire, which started on Thursday afternoon and has since burned thousands of acres.) Maya Sugarman/KPCC

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Officials now say 53 structures, including 24 residences, were destroyed by the big wildfire in northern Los Angeles County, higher than the previous estimate of 16 homes. The fire, which burned 30,274 acres, is now 78 percent contained, fire officials said. (View a map of the fire area and road closures embedded below.)

U.S. Forest Service spokesman Matt Corelli said Thursday that crews were able to revise damage estimates now that there are few open flames.